Last week, I said that each regular-season game should be treated like homework assignments for the final exam: The postseason.
If we continue the analogy, the 49ers failed their Week 2 homework assignment so severely that we might have to get the principal involved.
The scoreboard showed a closer game than it felt like, with the Minnesota Vikings beating San Francisco 23-17 for the Vikings’ second win against the 49ers in as many years. It was a game where it was tough to point out bright spots for San Francisco - Fred Warner and Jordan Mason might be the only two - with Sam Darnold and the Vikings taking the air out of the 49ers early and keeping San Francisco at least an arms-reach away all game.